I am still reading, but I'll be posting my top 3 of the adventures.UptonGames wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:11 am I was rather hoping and expecting that the voting would be in the format of a First, Second and Third place, or maybe 3 equal choices. There are at least a couple of entries I'd really like to vote for, but it's an all-or-nothing situation.
Mysterious Island Contest -- Voting Thread
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Some really cool adventures here!
My top three are:
The Isle of Bergecourt - a whole campaign world! The trading rules remind me of Sid Meyer’s Pirates!
Colairta: A Feral Farm Crawl - very detailed; fun animal transformations.
The Island Haunt of the Horned Kings - really original background and lore. Lots of possibilities for repeated “horny” puns.
Seriously- great job everyone!
My top three are:
The Isle of Bergecourt - a whole campaign world! The trading rules remind me of Sid Meyer’s Pirates!
Colairta: A Feral Farm Crawl - very detailed; fun animal transformations.
The Island Haunt of the Horned Kings - really original background and lore. Lots of possibilities for repeated “horny” puns.
Seriously- great job everyone!
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Here's my top 3.
Colaitra: A Feral Farm Crawl as my second pick as the story is very interesting and the locations are quite fun. This is the one, among the other submissions, that in my opinion corresponds the most to what a sandbox is and should be. The story is very original and I like that the author provided a lot of lore. I also loved that all the hex locations are named and have interesting details and events attached to them. I especially liked Hex 23: Miss Thoroughgood and Hex 53: The Muggerridge. Interestingly, I found a lot of similarities with my submission such as the Witch in the Small Ruins, the wights in the exact same rooms of the Main ruins, and the embalming chamber in room 17 of the same dungeon. It's quite shocking actually. Very cool module overall and I'd love to run it some day.
I hesitated choosing The Prison of the Three Sisters is my second favourite of all the other submissions. I found that it was a bit lacking in terms of hex locations, but the dungeons are very cool and the monsters and dungeon locations are very original. I especially liked the Main Ruins and the story that revolved around the three sisters. The story presented is very interesting and I could very well see me running this adventure for my players. I also LOVED the porcellinas, what a cool new monster.
- The Isle of Bergecourt
- Colairta: A Feral Farm Crawl
- The Prison of the Three Sisters
Colaitra: A Feral Farm Crawl as my second pick as the story is very interesting and the locations are quite fun. This is the one, among the other submissions, that in my opinion corresponds the most to what a sandbox is and should be. The story is very original and I like that the author provided a lot of lore. I also loved that all the hex locations are named and have interesting details and events attached to them. I especially liked Hex 23: Miss Thoroughgood and Hex 53: The Muggerridge. Interestingly, I found a lot of similarities with my submission such as the Witch in the Small Ruins, the wights in the exact same rooms of the Main ruins, and the embalming chamber in room 17 of the same dungeon. It's quite shocking actually. Very cool module overall and I'd love to run it some day.
I hesitated choosing The Prison of the Three Sisters is my second favourite of all the other submissions. I found that it was a bit lacking in terms of hex locations, but the dungeons are very cool and the monsters and dungeon locations are very original. I especially liked the Main Ruins and the story that revolved around the three sisters. The story presented is very interesting and I could very well see me running this adventure for my players. I also LOVED the porcellinas, what a cool new monster.
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Re: Mysterious Island Contest -- Voting Thread
Thank you!
I didn't remember where I had seen such rules for trading, but now that you mention Sid Meier's Pirates, I remember, especially the chart for trade goods value.
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You could play as the Dutch and basically take up trading. It was fun, but not as fun as being a Spanish rogue who was slighted by the governor and turned pirate. The governors’ daughters always seemed more attractive and more charming when I was burning down the Spanish Main - but that was probably in my 10 year old imagination!coureur_d_bois wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:57 amThank you!
I didn't remember where I had seen such rules for trading, but now that you mention Sid Meier's Pirates, I remember, especially the chart for trade goods value.
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There are a number of entries with zero votes. This should not be.
Authors -- please vote for yourself. You worked hard, you deserve at least one vote.
It's okay. There is precedent. There are authors here who gave their own books 5-star Amazon ratings. No names, no judgments.
They did it. So can you.
Just do it.
Authors -- please vote for yourself. You worked hard, you deserve at least one vote.
It's okay. There is precedent. There are authors here who gave their own books 5-star Amazon ratings. No names, no judgments.
They did it. So can you.
Just do it.
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Here's my top 3.
The Prison of the Three Sisters
The Isle of the Dead
The Isle of Bergecourt
The Prison of the Three Sisters
The Isle of the Dead
The Isle of Bergecourt
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OK, I did. Still feels like a pity vote.toddlyons wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 1:51 pm There are a number of entries with zero votes. This should not be.
Authors -- please vote for yourself. You worked hard, you deserve at least one vote.
It's okay. There is precedent. There are authors here who gave their own books 5-star Amazon ratings. No names, no judgments.
They did it. So can you.
Just do it.
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Nah. When my books are published, I'm giving them 5 stars too. If I didn't think they were great, I would never have submitted them. What you wrote was your best effort. Take pride in that, and don't stop writing.
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Just a few hours left as I post this. Another fine contest. Congratulations to the winner! Can't wait to see this in print (eventually).
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